Turkish manufacturer of various hygiene products, cosmetics and household chemicals. The company owns such well-known brands as DURU, ARKO, Evi Lady, Evy Baby, FAX, Aromel, Saten, SANINO, Gibbs, Activex, which (at least the first two) are well known in our latitudes. Evyap is one of the largest in the world and the largest company in Turkey dealing with such products.
The company started in 1927. Initially, it was a small family business founded by Mehmet Rifat Evyap and located in the city of Erzurum.
For a long time the company had a very hard time. Moreover, the birth Evyap fell on an extremely unstable time, which was the beginning of the twentieth century. But the persistence of the founder won, gradually increasing production capacity begins. By 1943, they managed to move from the eastern part of Turkey to Istanbul, which had the most positive impact on development.
Understanding the importance of the emergence of attractive and resonant brands, Evyap creates a brand ARKO, which still exists today. Under it, men's cosmetics are produced. It happened in 1960, which became a very important milestone in the history of the company.
1967 was marked by the emergence of another well-known brand - DURU, under which various types of soap and bath foam are produced.
To date Evyap Inc. (in Turkish style - Evyap Sabun, Yağ, Gliserin Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) has a number of factories, which are already located not only in Turkey, but also in Egypt and Ukraine (the city of Ilyichevsk). The company is one of the hundred best companies in Turkey. Its headquarters is in Istanbul.